News Team

Michael O'Connell

Michael O’Connell is the senior digital editor at FederalNewsRadio.com. During his time at Federal News Radio, Michael co-created two weekly podcasts; It’s All Journalism and Studio Y, which helped him to become an expert in podcasting. Besides speaking about podcasting at various journalism conferences, Michael is also the author of the textbook, Turn Up the Volume — A Down and Dirty Guide to Podcasting. He also taught the first podcasting course in the American University School of Communication’s Master’s in Digital Storytelling program.

Jim Taylor, the former chief financial officer at the Department of Labor, is a 2017 NAPA Fellow. He answers the question: What can a government employee do to be a change agent in their office or agency?